约伯记 11
1 拿玛人琐法回答说：
Then answered Zophar the Na'amathite, and said.
2 这许多的言语岂不该回答吗？ 多嘴多舌的人岂可称为义吗？
Shall a multitude of words not be answered? and is it so that a man full of talk shall be deemed in the right?
3 你夸大的话岂能使人不作声吗？ 你戏笑的时候岂没有人叫你害羞吗？
Thy inventions are to bring men to silence; and when thou utterest thy mocking no one is to cause thee to feel abashed!
4 你说：我的道理纯全； 我在你眼前洁净。
For thou hast said [to God], My doctrine is pure, and I am become clean in thy eyes.
5 惟愿 神说话； 愿他开口攻击你，
But oh that God would but speak, and open his lips against thee;
6 并将智慧的奥秘指示你； 他有诸般的智识。 所以当知道 神追讨你 比你罪孽该得的还少。
And that he would declare unto thee the secrets of wisdom; for it is double to that which is really in our possession: and thou wouldst experience that God overlooketh unto thee much of thy iniquity.
7 你考察就能测透 神吗？ 你岂能尽情测透全能者吗？
Canst thou find out the experience of God? or canst thou find [the way] unto the utmost limit of the Almighty?
It is as high as heaven; what canst thou effect? it is deeper than the nether world; what canst thou know? (Sheol h7585)
9 其量比地长， 比海宽。
Longer than the earth is its measure, and broader than the sea.
10 他若经过，将人拘禁， 招人受审，谁能阻挡他呢？
If he pass by, and surrender [one to suffering], and call together an assembly, who can hinder him?
11 他本知道虚妄的人； 人的罪孽，他虽不留意，还是无所不见。
For he knoweth the men of vanity: he seeth the wrong-doer and him who considereth not;
12 空虚的人却毫无知识； 人生在世好像野驴的驹子。
And the heartless who acquireth intelligence, and him who is [like] the colt of the wild ass who is transformed into a man.
13 你若将心安正， 又向主举手；
If thou truly direct [aright] thy heart, and spread out thy hands toward him: —
14 你手里若有罪孽， 就当远远地除掉， 也不容非义住在你帐棚之中。
If wrong be in thy hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tents.
15 那时，你必仰起脸来毫无斑点； 你也必坚固，无所惧怕。
For then canst thou lift up thy face free from blemish: yea, thou wilt stand steadfast, and needest not to fear;
16 你必忘记你的苦楚， 就是想起也如流过去的水一样。
Because thou wilt truly forget thy trouble, and as a waterflood that is passed away wilt thou remember it;
17 你在世的日子要比正午更明， 虽有黑暗仍像早晨。
And brighter than the noon of day will thy earthly existence arise; and thy obscurity will be like thy morning.
18 你因有指望就必稳固， 也必四围巡查，坦然安息。
And thou wilt feel trust, because there is hope: yea, thou wilt search about carefully, and thou wilt lie down in safety.
19 你躺卧，无人惊吓， 且有许多人向你求恩。
Also thou wilt stretch thyself out [to rest], with none to make thee afraid; and many will entreat thy favor.
20 但恶人的眼目必要失明。 他们无路可逃； 他们的指望就是气绝。
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and the means of escape will vanish from them, and their [sole] hope shall be the breathing out of their soul.
